Private Harry J Southwell, 63728
- Batt - 1/6
- Unit - West Yorkshire Regiment
- Section -
- Date of Birth - 05/05/1899
- Died - 16/10/1918
- Age - 19
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Harry Southwell. Prior to enlisting he had been a gardener, he embarked for France on the 11th June 1918. On the 12th October 1918 he was admitted to the 33rd Casualty Clearing Station suffering from a severe gun shot wound to the chest. Everything possible was done for him but he died in the early morning of the 16th. He was buried the same day in Ficheux Military Cemetery.
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War I
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
- Unit - West Yorkshire Regiment
- Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
- Burial Commemoration - Bucquoy Road Cem, Ficheux, France
- Born - Nottingham
- Enlisted - 05/06/1917 In Glen Parva, Leicestershire
- Place of Residence - Queen Street, Uppingham, Rutland, England
- Memorial - SS. PETER & PAUL'S CHYRD. MEM., UPPINGHAM, RUTLAND
- Memorial - SS. PETER & PAUL'S CHURCH, UPPINGHAM, RUTLAND
